We won't solve the Middle East crisis today, but we do question why the fighting's broken out now and try to assess the end goal. Also, will the stimulus package be big enough? Will Blago's Burris be seated? Will Caroline inherit a throne?

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We won't solve the Middle East crisis today, but the question appears to be why has this fighting broken out now? Bob says that Israel wanted to pre-empt Barak Obama and create a crisis before he gets into office; Arianna wants to know the end goal. Tony says Arafat rejected the only viable two-state solution that Clinton proposed, and the rest is history. Will the stimulus package be big enough? Is there a spotlight bright enough to shine on abusers and fraud-mongers? Tony says we've got to expect fraud and abuse, you can't spend trillions quickly and efficiently. And will Blagojevich's Burris be seated? Will Caroline inherit a throne?